Chengdu Impression - Wicker Park
Chengdu Impression - Wicker Park
Hammered chicken leg, hand pulled to strips, mixed in spicy sichuan chili sauce
Bone-in diced chicken mixed with sichuan chili sauce and peanuts
Sliced pork belly with spicy mashed garlic sauce and a hint of sweetness
Spicy diced bone-in rabbit with spicy sichuan chili sauce and peanut
Pork kidney with numbing spicy sichuan chili sauce
Liver with numbing spicy sichuan chili sauce
Noodle mixed with sichuan spicy sauce and sesame sauce
Rice jelly strips topped with freshly mashed chili paste
Tofu bean curd with peanut mixed with spicy sichuan sauce
Cucumber salad in mashed garlic sauce
Chongqing-style cucumber salad with dry chili and sichuan-peppercorn sauce
Water boiled green soy bean in pod. Served chilled
Sichuan-style pickled salty assorted vegetables topped with red chili sauce, carrots, celery, chilies, and radishes
Sichuan-style dumplings filed with pork, mixed in red chili sauce with a hint of sweetness
Sichuan-style thin-skin dumplings filled with pork and mixed in red chili sauce
Hand-made sichuan country-style spicy sausage, sliced and topped with peanuts
Sichuan-style cured pork belly
Peking style dumplings filled with pork. Sauce served on the side
Eight shanghai-style soup dumplings filled with pork and served with ginger vinegar sauce
Hand-made pancake with green onion, pan-fried
Hand-made veggie dumplings, pan-fried
Ground pork filled thick dumplings, pan-fried
Two hand-made veggie-filled fried rolls
Hand-made veggie and pork meat-filled fried roll
Crispy fried wonton filled with crab meat and cream cheese
Tofu, fungus, bamboo strips and egg drop in hot and sour broth
Pork-filled wontons in homemade broth
Beaten eggs, peas and carrots in homemade broth
A mixture of fresh shredded vegetables and bean curd in clear broth
Served with sizzling golden rice crust
Sole fish fillet soup with sour cabbage and sour vermicelli
Minced beef, green pea and carrot, egg white in thick broth
Spinach, vermicelli and pork ball soup in clear broth
Famous sichuan noodle with ground pork sauce
Yibin style dry flaming noodle with spicy ground pork, crushed peanut, preserved veg and scallions
Chengdu-style vermicelli in spicy and sour broth with crispy soy beans
Shuangliu style vermicelli with pork intestine and crispy soybean in spicy chili broth
Noodles with beef shank chunk in light soy broth
Spicy noodle soup with beef Sichuan style
Squid, fish, shrimp & scallop
Yangzhou-style fried rice with shrimp, scallops, ham and vegetables
Combination fried rice with veggie, chicken, beef and shrimp
Combination fried noodle with veggie, chicken, beef and shrimp
Your choice of veggie, chicken, pork or shrimp
Your choice of veggie, chicken, pork or shrimp
Thin rice noodles stir-fried in a curry sauce with pork, cabbage, carrots and pea pods
Steamed. 1 entre comes with 1 white rice, order this only if you need extra white rice
Steamed
Sliced pork belly twice cooked with leeks and red peppers
Sliced pork belly twice cooked with leeks and scallion pancake
Sichuan cured pork belly stir-fried with leeks
Famous vermicelli with ground pork cooked in spicy Sichuan sauce
Stir-fried pork strips with wood ear, bamboo and carrots in crushed chili pickle sauce with sweetness
Chengdu-style stir-fried pork strips and green pepper strips
Crispy pork intestine cooked with dry chili pepper
Double-fried pork intestine with chili peppers
Steamed sliced pork belly with preserved black vegetable leaf
Dong po braised pork belly chunks
Diced pork feet in hot wok with dry chilies
Famous mama's pork feet soup stew with beans and sauce on the side
Stir-fried pork liver with peppers and snow peas.
Served with lao gan ma sauce
Boiled beef in spicy sichuan sauce, napa and bean sprout
Sauted sliced beef with pickle chili sauce, cilantro
Double-fried beef strips with celery and dry chilies
Stir-fried sliced beef with wild chilis
Sliced fatty beef with tofu stew in Sichuan peppercorn broth
Stewed tofu with ground beef, spicy and numbing
Chengdu-style tender tofu with sliced beef, crispy soy bean in spicy sichuan
Chongqing style beef tripes with pork and blood cake in spicy Sichuan sauce.
Stir-fried beef tenderloin with jalapeo, dry chili, cumin seeds and white onion
Sliced beef quickly stir-fried with dry chilies
Stir-fried beef tenderloin with peanut and dry chili in sour spicy sauce with a hint of sweetness
Stir-fried beef tenderloin with peppers, carrot and broccoli, topped with cashews
Stir-fried beef with wood ear, bamboo and carrots in sweet spicy sour sauce
Stir-fried beef tenderloin with green and white onions and mushrooms
Stir-fried beef with assorted vegetables
Stir-fried beef tenderloin with broccoli in brown sauce
Stir-fried beef tenderloin with pea pods and carrots
Lightly breaded and deep-fried with orange-flavored tangy spicy sweet sauce
Lightly breaded and deep-fried with tangy spicy sweet sauce with sesame
Lightly breaded and deep-fried with tangy sweet spicy sauce
Stir-fried lamb with cumin seeds, dry chili, jalapeo and white onion
Stir-fried lamb with jalapeo, dry chili and cilantro
Stir-fried lamb with white and green onions in brown sauce
This item applies traditional and authentic sichuan cooking techniques that stir-fry crispy diced chicken, dry chili (extensive use) and numbing peppercorn to generate a complex typical sichuan style taste
Diced chicken cooked with dry peppers
Bone-in chicken double-fried with bean curd, peanut, celery, leeks and peppers
Stir-fried diced chicken with peanut, dried peppers and onions in sour spicy sauce with hint of sweetness
Stewed bone in chicken chunks with fresh taro in Sichuan sauce
Chicken gizzard, fresh chilis, wood ear, quick toss-fry in high heat wok
Smoked half duck, served with plum sauce and cucumber slices
Grilled crispy half duck, dried and served with cucumber
Bone-in duck chunks stewed with Chinese mountain yams
Braised duck chunks and tofu in spicy beer sauce
Chengdu-style diced bone-in rabbit stir-fried with dry chilies
Diced rabbit stir-fried with bean curd, celery, dry chili, and peppers
Stewed rabbit with celery, pickled chili and ginger strips in spicy zigong-style sauce
Stir-fried white meat with peppers and wood ear, peppers and bamboo in spicy sweet sour sauce
Stir-fried sliced chicken with onions and mushroom in brown sauce
Diced chicken, pepper, zucchini, carrot, broccoli and cashews
Stir-fried white chicken meat with broccoli and white sauce
Stir-fried white chicken meat with snow pea pods and carrot
Stir-fried white chicken meat with assorted vegetables
Lightly breaded chicken meat deep-fried and glazed with spicy orange sauce
Lightly breaded and deep-fried with tangy sweet spicy sauce with sesame
Lightly breaded and deep-fried with tangy spicy sweet sauce
Lightly breaded chicken deep-fried, glazed with house sween n sour sauce
Famous Sichuan style boiled sole fish fillet with napa cabbage and celery in spicy sauce
Sole fish fillet with tender tofu in spicy Sichuan sauce
Stir-fried sole fish fillet with napa cabbage, numbing and very spicy
Lightly breaded sole fish fillet quickly stir-fried with dry chilies
Sole fish fillet with fermented black bean sauce and Shanghai bok choy
Stir-fried sole fish fillet with assorted vegetables
Sole fillet with chopped fresh chili, pickle chili, shanghai bok choy
Boiled and diced whole fish chunks with chili broth
Stewed whole tilapia with spicy home-style sauce
Street-style grilled whole fish with spicy very spicy
Canton-styled steamed whole tilapia with ginger, scallion and soy sauce
Fried shrimp with dry chili and peanuts in sour spicy sauce with hint of sweetness
Shrimp stir-fried with golden crispy rice crust and dry chilies
Sauted shrimp with red dry chili peppers
Shrimps stir-fried with chopped peppers
Crispy shrimp mixed in sweet mayonnaise lemon batter
Stir-fried shrimp with assorted vegetables
Stir-fried shrimp with broccoli in white sauce
Stir-fried shrimp with pea pods and carrot
Lightly breaded shrimp deep-fried and glazed with spicy orange sauce
Lightly breaded shrimp deep-fried, glazed with tangy sweet sauce and topped with sesame
Lightly breaded shrimp deep-fried and glazed with tangy sweet spicy sauce
Lightly breaded shrimp deep-fried and glazed with house sweet and sour sauce
Stir-fried shrimp, pepper, carrot and topped with cashews
Stir-fried shrimps with bamboo slices, wood ear and peppers in sour and sweet spicy sauce
Stir-fried shrimp with white onion, green onion and mushrooms in brown sauce
Diced frog stir-fried with bean curd, peanut, celery and peppers
Stir-fried frog with Sichuan fresh chili
Diced frog cooked in spicy zigong style sauce with pickled chilies and ginger
Cajun seasoned crawfish cooked with Sichuan style hot pot style
Classic tofu cooked in spicy Sichuan sauce with numbing sensation
Home-style fried tofu with spicy Sichuan sauce
Sichuan-style string beans with tiny yacai and few dry chilis
Stir-fried potatoes with non-spicy green pepper or spicy wild chili
Chili deep-fried with peppers, celery, onions, peanuts
Stir-fried shanghai bok choy with fresh garlic slices
Stir-fried napa cabbage
Stir-fried with fresh garlic slices
Stir-fried with fresh garlic slices
Hollow-stalked Chinese spinach stir-fried
Chinese lettuce with hint of herbal flavor
Sauted eggplant with ground pork, non-pure vegetarian
Eggplant sauted with sour and sweet spicy sauce
Quick stir-fried whole Chinese pepper with black vinegar sauce
Twelve stir-fried vegetables including napa cabbage, carrot, snow peas and more
Canned
Canned
Bottled
Six Chinese glutenous sticky rice balls with wolfberry in soup
6 pieces. House-made sticky rice ball filled with black sesame paste in fermented rice wine broth
6 pieces. Fried sesame balls filled with red bean paste
Crispy duck, peapod shrimp, soup dumplings!
Mapo tofu with beef- the dish that made me fall in love with Chengdu Impression haha! So good!
BonBon Chicken
Dandan Noodle
Take-out: Eggplant with ground pork
a plate of food on a table
Baby Shanghai Bok Choy () White rice
Dry Chili Chicken
food
Xiao Long Bao
Beef Noodle Soup
Try the rabbit it's delicious!
Boiled beef!
curry, food
Bean curd with peanut (cold appetizer)
Pickled and seasoned veggies.
Cold Noodle Salad
Crispy Duck
Feels like I'm in China
Fried Noodle with Chicken
Zhongs dumplings, flaming noodles, stewed chicken with taro, and Yushiang Beef(wonderful tangy sweet sauce and unique veggies)
Spread
10 Sichuan Wontons
General Tso Chicken Plared with Crab Rangoons
Priyanka C.
Aug 11, 2024
Generous portion sizes with good food and service! Definitely a restaurant where I recommended ordering family style. They have a bunch of vegetarian options and some of our absolute favorites were the fried eggplant, fried vegetable noodles, vegetable fried rice, mapo tofu, and home style bean curd! The vegetarian Dan Dan noodles has a lot of flavor but were way too salty.
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Kangni X.
Jun 29, 2024
Back again! It has been too long. We ordered my classic triad of green peppercorn fatty beef, Mao xue wang (intestine and blood), and mala kidney, paired with ci ba for desert.Happy to see the dishes are still consistent. I like that they are flavorful but don't feel oily. Even the blood has full flavor penetrating. It was a good amount of numbing and spicy without taking away from being able to taste the other flavors. These are also great dishes to take home left overs.Service was a bit slower, probably have some newer staff and they brought the Ci Ba (desert item) out first. We did order everything at once but they never clarified if we would like the dessert early or after our entrees. But still tasty as an appetizer. The place was about 50% capacity on a Friday night dinner so seating is not difficult but there's still the feeling of bustling.
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Brandon G.
May 4, 2024
We were in town for a trade show. This restaurant was close to where we lived. We had no expectation whatsoever. Both food and service were great which explained why there were no empty tables the entire night. Not sure when we would come back again, but I highly recommend if you are looking for authentic spicy Chinese food.
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Ashley H.
Dec 29, 2023
An awesome find in Wicker Park! Chengdu had been on my radar for awhile and it's safe to say this will be a new go-to.With an extensive Sichuan menu and affordable prices, we were able to try a variety of dishes at a great price. We started with the Zhong's dumplings which had a great spicy and sweet sauce and a flavorful pork filling. The dry chili chicken was super crispy and piping hot- I had not had numbing spice before, and it was an addicting phenomenon that was not too spicy. We also ordered the stir fried beef with celery, which added a refreshing crunch to the spicy, thinly sliced yet tender beef. I loved that the rice was sticky and not dry (and may have eaten too much of this). Our favorite, though, were the Sichuan string beans. They packed a punch of flavor and I am already craving this dish again!The staff was super prompt and professional, and the vibe is casual with a nicely decorated interior. Will definitely be back soon and can't recommend enough!
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Amanda C.
Mar 12, 2024
Great Chinese food with big portions. Got takeout and everything was good except for the scallion pancakes! They were SO greasy so beware of that. Otherwise we enjoyed everything else per usual. Will definitely return if we are nearby.
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Johnfavour N.
Oct 15, 2023
Chengdu Impression is one of my favorite spots for Chinese takeout in Wicker Park! My favorite dish that I get every time is the Sichuan Cold Noodles Salad (under cold appetizers). For $9 they give a ton of flavorful noodles that can be eaten hot or cold! The cold spiciness is a very unique combination and the texture of the noodles are always perfect. Today I also got the salty and pepper shrimp, I was expecting larger shrimp than the popcorn shrimp, but the seasoning was still good. I also tried the bean curd with peanut appetizer, it's pretty flavorful. Their hot and sour soup is also a great deal at $3.50, and it's about two servings worth! They also have a really good dry chili chicken.Their menu is extensive and they have plenty of seating inside. I definitely recommend Chengdu Impression if you're craving Chinese/Sichuan food!
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Ben J.
Jan 14, 2024
Walked in around 7pm on Saturday and the restaurant was packed. However, we only waited about 15 minutes to be seated. While waiting, I noticed tons of carry out orders. The space is very open, so it can get quite loud. The decor is simple yet effective as it provides an authentic and clean feel. The eating style is shared dishes. Generally, they're large enough for two or three people. We started with the West Lake Beef Soup which was similar to egg drop soup, but had beef and fresh vegetables. It was more traditional but still very good. The next one was stewed chicken with taro. The flavors were great, but I wish they added more chicken. The chicken itself was one of the best I've ever had.Finished the meal with Hong Tang Ci Ba, which is a rice cake rolled in toasted soy powder atop a caramelized brown sugar sauce. It was surprisingly light and very tasty. The sauce wasn't too sweet or overpowering. Overall, Chengdu Impression provides a nice, authentic Chinese dinner.
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Yvonne C.
Nov 27, 2023
I came here with some friends a couple of months ago for dinner on a Friday night! It was pretty busy, but the service was still really good. I loved the ambiance in the restaurant and it had a really good vibe. The food was absolutely delicious and SO good for the price. I was so hungry and was only able to finish half of my fried rice which I got to-go. Would definitely come back here and recommend for anyone nearby who wants delicious and affordable chinese food!
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Sharon J.
Mar 17, 2024
This is now the first place I think to do when I'm craving spicy, savory, flavorful sichuan food. Chengdu Impression has a huge menu and every single item I've ordered while there has been exactly what I hoped. I've tried the dry chilli chicken, hot and sour soup, xiao long bao, spicy wonton soup, and spicy beef noodle soup. While they were all outstanding one of my favorites was definitely the spicy beef noodle soup packed with tender braised beef and numbing mala spice. The broth was heavy and on the salty side but easily enjoyable. I was shocked at how flavorful the dry chili chicken was-each piece of meat was moist (it had avoided how dry deep frying chicken can get) and seasoned well. Service is prompt when its busy and the restaurant is a great spot to either eat in or order takeout from. Definitely a new favorite for me!
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Anthony Z.
Mar 24, 2023
My son and I took a trip to Chengdu to visit my brother who was teaching out there, and since then we have been fans of Sichuan cuisine. We came thru Chengdu Impression right before the kitchen closed at 2:30pm (weekday hours). The ambience wasn't bad, but wasn't anything special either. The restaurant is clean, open, and has a lot of natural light. I don't know if aroma would count as ambience, but if it does than Chengdu Impression's ambience would be 5/5 as the Sichuan peppercorn and spices fill the air from a block away. I was served by several different people, and all of them were polite. The food came out within 15 minutes, and it was delivered all at once. My son and I both ordered Dandan noddles, and they were the best that we've ever had. Better than the Dandan noodles we had in Chengdu. The fries we got were just as delicious as we remembered them being in Chengdu. Overall I was very impressed with Chengdu Impression. I will be back to try more items and I recommend that you give them a try if you like Sichuan food or Asia food in general.
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